Psychics/Mediums - Your thoughts?

I am listening to the local morning show down here and they have a medium on that is taking calls from guests (in the spirit of Halloween). I just listened to the following (paraphrased) conversation. A woman calls in, crying....

Medium - "Oh...you lost someone recently? A male?"

Caller - "My daughter..."

Medium - "Oh I'm sorry....she was young, wasn't she? 11 or 12?"

Caller - "No much younger"

Medium - "She was 4 wasn't she?"

Caller - "22 months"

Then, the medium goes into a whole thing about how happy her daughter is in the after life, and while I'm sure it's designed to be comforting, it was so plainly obvious she was BSing all the way.

I believe in spirits/ghosts and some supernatural stuff, but I think mediums are full of crap. What say you?

I think they are full of BS, but are talented that they can create a sense that they are legit.

I think, just like your call you posted (which is depressing, I can't imagine what that caller is feeling), they just put out a few feeler questions to narrow everything down and then build a generic story around everything.

newarenanow wrote:I think they are full of BS, but are talented that they can create a sense that they are legit.

I think, just like your call you posted (which is depressing, I can't imagine what that caller is feeling), they just put out a few feeler questions to narrow everything down and then build a generic story around everything.

I dont think they have to try too hard, some people just want reassurance and to believe that what these people are telling them is true.

i imagine a sketch that could have been funny on mr. show where a psychic is doing a BS reading but then actually does see a vision and then freaks out. i saw someone! omg i really saw some old guy with a wooden leg --- yes, that's my father! --- and the psychic tries to continue the reading but keeps freaking out.

Family friend is one and is not like the glossy fake-looking/sounding ones we usually see on tv/radio. She says she's been able to sense and communicate with the dead since she was young. I still don't really believe it, but I believe that she's more believable than any other ones I've run across.

That said, I loved years ago when Howard Stern had one on his show who claimed that she was communicating with Chandra Levy when she went missing. He had the spooky music in the background, let her go on for about 10 minutes, seeming to get really into it, let the medium say that she was now-speaking with Levy and convincingly so. Stern asked a couple questions like "are you in danger?" and "where are you?" that had easily pliable answers so the medium could really sell them. Then he asks "what's your middle name?" Brilliant. Medium was stunned and fumbled all over the place and it was clear that he just blew up her spot. Righteous.

newarenanow wrote:I think they are full of BS, but are talented that they can create a sense that they are legit.

I think, just like your call you posted (which is depressing, I can't imagine what that caller is feeling), they just put out a few feeler questions to narrow everything down and then build a generic story around everything.

I dont think they have to try too hard, some people just want reassurance and to believe that what these people are telling them is true.

I agree. I think there are two schools of thought: (1) They take advantage of emotionally susceptible people who can't deal with the death of a loved one; (2) they provide a valuable service to those that understand teh nature of death, but enjoy believing in the after life and the happiness of their loved ones.

I am listening to the local morning show down here and they have a medium on that is taking calls from guests (in the spirit of Halloween). I just listened to the following (paraphrased) conversation. A woman calls in, crying....

Medium - "Oh...you lost someone recently? A male?"

Caller - "My daughter..."

Medium - "Oh I'm sorry....she was young, wasn't she? 11 or 12?"

Caller - "No much younger"

Medium - "She was 4 wasn't she?"

Caller - "22 months"

Then, the medium goes into a whole thing about how happy her daughter is in the after life, and while I'm sure it's designed to be comforting, it was so plainly obvious she was BSing all the way.

I believe in spirits/ghosts and some supernatural stuff, but I think mediums are full of crap. What say you?

Oh and their name was a man's... no a woman's no... it's a... well I'm getting that there's been two people you love or have loved that have gone away at some point right?

They're playing some sort of game with me where they're singing a name or rhyming a name... maybe it's a nickname or something. Did they ever use your name?

Oh your grandma and late brother, yes I think it's them the names are coming to me but are kind of foggy it's ferranil*other random phonemic sounds* then the person says Harriet and Frank!. Yes that's it...

Every time I see that "Long Island Medium" lady I don't want to live on this planet anymore.